Folding carriage.



No. s9s,|o|. I Patehted Apr. 22, I902.

D. BBDADBELT.

FIJLIIIING CARRIAGE. (Applicaflon fllad June 20, 1900. Renewed Jan. 29,1902.)

(No Model.)

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FOLDING CARRIAGE.

(Application filed Ju ne 20, 1900.' Renewed Jan. 29, 1902.) (No Model.)2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEY.

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' DANIEL BROADBELT,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING CARRIAGE.

Application filed June 20, 1900. Renewed January 29, 1902. Serial No.91,740 (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL BROADBELT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingGarriages,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vehicles that are used for the conveyance ofchildren and are propelled by an attendant; and the object of myinvention is to provide vehicles of the kind mentioned so constructedthat they may be folded into small compass for convenient transportationor storage. I attain this object by the means illustrated in the accom-vpanying drawings, in whicha Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 afront elevation, of a carriage when unfolded and ready for use. Fig. 3is a side elevation, and Fig. 4 a front elevation, of a carriage whenfolded for transportation or storage; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation,and Fig. 6 a rear elevation, of a carriage in which a sliding adjustmentfor the rear wheels isshowu apart from the folding mechanism.

The drawings represent a childs carriage of a general form similar tomany in common use, and provided with running-gear a, handle-bar I),back 0, seat (1, fall-board e, and footrest f is'so constructed that theseveral partsmentioned are connected in their proper order by hinges,which permitsaid parts to be compactly folded together. Thusthefrontwheel brackets a are attached by hinges 1 1 to the foot-board fand fold inwardly against the latter. The foot-board f is attached byhinges 4 4 to the fall-board e and folds upwardly against it, and therear-wheel brackets a" and the fall-board e are respectively attached byhinges 2 2 and 5 5 to the seat board d and fold inwardly and upwardlytoward the latter. In order that the last-mentioned parts may foldtogether compactly, one rear-wheel bracket 0, is hinged directly to alower side corner of the seat-board, permitting the bracket a. to befolded against and parallelvwith the latter; but the correspondingbracket 0. is hinged to a batten cl, firmly attached to the seat-board dand ex tending below the latter a sufficient distance to permit thewheel-bracket a, hinged thereto, to fold against and parallel with thewheel attached to the corresponding bracket. The rear running-gear beingfolded, as aforesaid,

the fall-board is in turn folded transversely.

against and parallel with it.

The side boards 9 are attached at their inner lower cornersto theseat-board d by the hinges 3 3, and the backboard c is similarlyattached to the seat-board d by the hinges 6 6. All these parts arearranged, as before described, so that they may be folded inwardly anddownwardly upon the seat-board d orupon each other.

The handle-bar b is provided with vertical shanks b, which telescopeinto the tubular sockets I), attached to the rear side of the back-boardc, and permit the vertical adj ustment of said handle-bar b, which maybe brought close to the top of tho back-board 0 when the carriage isfolded.

Transverse rigidity of the folding parts is maintained when the carriageis prepared for use by latch-bars h and i, pivoted, respectively, on thesides of the seat-board 01, fallboard e, and foot-board f. Thelatch-bars h, mounted on the seat-board d, and latch-bars 't', mountedon the foot-board f, engage, respectively, with cleats h, rigidlyattached to the. side boards g, and with cleats 't' on the ends of thefoot-board fand to the wheelbrackets a", respectively, said cleats hbeing formed with projecting overhanging ledges, between which and theadjacent surfaces of contiguous parts the ends of thelat'ch-bars h areengaged.

The latch-bars t', which maintain the falllooard e in its properposition transversely with the carriage and also maintain the footboardf at the proper angle with the fall-board e, are made of thin springmetal and have offsets formed in theiredges near the ends thereof toengage the cleats t'", which are located, respectively, on thewheel-bracketed," and the ends of the foot-board f and are formed witholfsets i, which retain the ends of the latchbar t' in positionvertically when engaged therewith. The engagement of the 'latch-bars twith the cleats 1l'iseffe'cted.by springing the ends of the former overthe "offsets ion the latter. j

The back-board c is maintained in position for use by the adjustablelinks it, one of each pair of which is slotted and both of which arerigidly secured by screws and thumb-nuts. When the carriage is to befolded, the links It may be separated.

In the sliding adjustment shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the rear-wheel bracketsa are attached to a slide m, which is adapted to reciprocate under theseat-board d and between the battens cZ'. The latter are slotted at d topermit thumb-screws n to pass therethrough, said thumb-screws at havingeach a shoulder a, between which and the batten d is interposed a washern". In the operation of this part of my invention, the thumb screws nbeing partly unscrewed, the slide m may be moved inwardly oroutward,carrying with it the rear- V wheel brackets a and the wheels mountedthereon, thus effecting any desired lateral adjustment of the latterrelative to the carriage, thus increasing the wheel-base ofthe vehiclewhen the latter is in use and so doing without atfecting thecompactibilily of the vehicle for transportation.

I claim as new and as my invention- 1. In folding carriages thecombination of a fall-board,a foot-rest and front-wheel brackets securedthereto, the fall-board, together with the toot-rest, front-wheelbrackets and front wheels attached thereto, capable of being foldedinwardly and upwardly substantially in the manner and for the purposesset forth and shown.

2. In folding carriages-in combination with a fall-boarda f0ot-rest andfront-wheel brackets, secured thereto and capable of being foldedinwardly and upwardlyslides and brackets having the rear Wheels attachedthereto by means of which the rear wheels may be adjusted longitudinallywith the seat of the carriage, and the whole compactly folded,substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth and shown.

3. The slide m, wheel-brackets attached thereto, wheels attached to saidbrackets, and means for engaging said slide to prevent lateral motionthereof; all combined, arranged and operated substantially as shown andfor the purpose described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 8th day of June, A D. 1900.

DANIEL BROADBELT.

\Vitnesses:

S. M. RICHARDS, CHAS. II. .DAVIDS.

